Test flying the Vultee Model 48 fighter, built for
Sweden but later taken over by the U.S. Army as the P-66 so it could be
lend-leased to China for the 3rd American Volunteer Group,
consisting of pilots recruited from the U.S. Navy

The Vultee P-66 in Chinese service

Here Richard Dunn tells the story of the Vultee fighter built for
Sweden, embargoed by a nervous U.S. government, sold instead to
Britain, and finally provided to the Chinese under the U.S. Army
designation of P-66. Though intended for the 3rd American Volunteer
Group—Claire Chennault called the plane the P-48—it
went to the Chinese Air Force when the outbreak of war between
Japan and the United States led to the cancelation of the bomber
and fighter groups that were to have followed the 1st AVG. How
did the P-66 fare in CAF service? Read on.